Hypertension is a chronic disease that can lead to serious health problems. Patients with arterial hypertension are required to measure their blood pressure at home, which can have some drawbacks, such as forgetting to checkitor recordingthe values, errors in writing downthe figures,the inability to immediately notify health care staff about out-of-range blood pressure values, etc.
So three UPV/EHU researchers—LeyreEcheazarrafrom theDepartment of Physiology,JuananPereira from the Department of Computer Languages and Systems, and Ramón Saracho from theDepartment of Medicine—have created TensioBot, achatbotor computer system capable of simulating conversations to help patients take their blood pressure at home.
